Pirque () is a commune of
Chile
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in
Cordillera Province,
Santiago Metropolitan Region
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; it is located 2.8 kilometers southeast of
Puente Alto Puente, a word meaning ''bridge'' in Spanish language, may refer to:
People
* Puente (surname)
Places
*La Puente, California, USA
* Puente Alto, city and commune of Chile
*Puente de Ixtla, city in Mexico
*Puente Genil, village in the Spanish provi ...
and 21.3 kilometers south-southeast of the center of
Santiago
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...
. It is situated at the base of the
Cajón del Maipo
Cajón del Maipo is a canyon located in the Andean southeastern portion of the Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile. It encompasses the upper Maipo River basin, where the river has entrenched itself in a narrow valley. The zone features a series ...
, and is the home of the
Concha y Toro
Concha y Toro is the largest producer and exporter of wines from Latin America and one of the 10 largest wine companies in the world, wine company.
Demographics
According to the 2002
census
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of the
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, Pirque spans an area of and has 16,565 inhabitants (8,384 men and 8,181 women). Of these, 9,651 (58.3%) lived in
urban area
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s and 6,914 (41.7%) in
rural area
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s. The population grew by 45.7% (5,197 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.
Stats
*Population: 20,518 (2006 projection)
*Average annual household income: US$21,537 (
PPP, 2006)
*Population below poverty line: 9.1% (2006)
Administration
As a commune, Pirque is a third-level
administrative division of Chile
The administrative division or territorial organization of Chile exemplifies characteristics of a unitary state. State administration is functionally and geographically decentralized, as appropriate for each authority in accordance with the law.
...
administered by a
municipal council
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, headed by an
alcalde
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who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Cristian Balmaceda Undurraga (
RN). The communal council has the following members:
* Carlos Miranda Dinamarca (IND)
* Hilda Espinoza Cavieres (IND)
* Patricio Domínguez Warrington (
PS)
* Lorena Berrios Gonzalez (
RN)
* Pablo Ulloa Riquelme (IND)
* María Mujica Vizcaya (IND)
Within the
electoral divisions of Chile
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* To elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Senate, Chile is divided into several electoral divisions, namely electoral districts and senatorial constituencies.
* To elect members of ...
, Pirque is represented in the
Chamber of Deputies
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Description
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by Mr. Osvaldo Andrade (
PS) and Mr. Leopoldo Pérez (
RN) as part of the 29th electoral district, (together with
Puente Alto Puente, a word meaning ''bridge'' in Spanish language, may refer to:
People
* Puente (surname)
Places
*La Puente, California, USA
* Puente Alto, city and commune of Chile
*Puente de Ixtla, city in Mexico
*Puente Genil, village in the Spanish provi ...
,
San José de Maipo
San José de Maipo is the name of a commune in Chile and the city within it, located in the Cajón del Maipo, in Cordillera Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region, some 48 kilometers south-east of capital Santiago, bordered on the east by Argenti ...
and
La Pintana
La Pintana is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. La Pintana is home to Antumapu, the agricultural and veterinary sciences campus of University of Chile, Chile's oldest university.
Demographics
Accordin ...
). The commune is represented in the
Senate
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by Soledad Alvear Valenzuela (
PDC) and Ena Von Baer (
UDI Udi may refer to:
Places
* Udi, Enugu, a local government areas and city in Nigeria
* Udi, a place in the Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh, India
People
* Udi Gal (born 1979), Israeli Olympic sailor
* Udi Vaks (born 1979), Israeli Olympic judoka
...
) as part of the 8th senatorial constituency (Santiago-East).
References
External links
Portal Pirque Community website Pirque
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Communes of Chile
Populated places established in 1887
Populated places in Cordillera Province